二、教育故事类

The first day of school a new classmate touched my shoulder, "Hi, handsome! I'm Rose. I am 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?" I turned around and found a little 1 lady with a warm smile. I said heartily, "Of course!"

" 2are you in college at such an age?" I asked.

She joked, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get 3, have children, and then travel around. "

"No seriously, "I asked.

"I always 4 of having a college education and now I'm getting one!"she told me.

Over the year，Rose became an icon（偶像）and she easily made friends. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the 5 of the others. At the end of the term we invited Rose to our football party. I'll never forget what she said.

"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the 6 to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you 7 your dreams, you die! There's a huge difference 8 growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. But 9 requires finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. "

One week after graduation that year. Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too 10 to be all you can possibly be.

（　）1．A. old

B. young

C. big

D. small

（　）2．A. How

B. When

C. Why

D. What

（　）3．A. married

B. dressed

C. lost

D. mad

（　）4．A. told

B. heard

C. reminded

D. dreamed

（　）5．A. question

B. attention

C. relation

D. emotion

（　）6．A. secrets

B. stories

C. reasons

D. results

（　）7．A. have

B. find

C. take

D. lose

（　）8．A. in

B. on

C. between

D. among

（　）9．A. stopping playing

B. having a dream

C. growing older

D. growing up

（　）10．A. early

B. late

C. young

D. small

本文是一篇教育故事类的记叙文，主要记叙了在大学开学日，“我”遇到了87岁的老妇人在同班入学，深感惊奇。在随后的相处中，“我”发现老妇人具有年轻人般的乐观、幽默，喜欢化妆、交友、参加运动。这个故事告诉我们：人生要不停追求，才能不断成长并最终实现自己的梦想。

1．A 根据前文提到的“I am 87 years old”可推断出这位女士年龄比较大，故答案为A。

2．C 根据老妇人的答语可知此处作者在提出疑问，故所缺的词是why。

3．A 根据句意可知该设空处表示结婚，故答案为A。

4．D 根据上下文义思可知这位老妇人一直梦想接受大学教育，故答案为D。

5．B 根据文章细节描写，可以推测出她喜欢引起别人的注意，故答案为B。

6．A 根据上下文可以推断出，这里是表达保持年轻的秘诀，故答案为A。

7．D lose one's dream意思是“失去梦想”，为固定短语，故答案为D。

8．C 本句意思：在变老和成长之间，有很大区别。根据句意可知设空处表示在两者之间，应该用介词between。

9．D 根据前后句意思可推断此处表达成长的意思，故答案为D。

10．B 根据语境可知此处表达一切为时不晚的意思，故答案为B。

教育故事类的短文主要是通过一些有意义的故事或案例，来教育人们要积极地面对学习、生活和工作中遇到的事。此类文章大都具有教育性、实用性等特征。我们在做此类题目时，要反复阅读文章，加强理解；认真分析设空语句，找出突破口；做到全面考虑和细节处理结合。要根据所学的知识分析出题者的考查意图和文章给我们传递的思想。因此，我们平时除了要增加自己的阅读量，提高自己的英语语感外，还要有目的地训练自己的答题能力和答题技巧。